Mattress.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

T. H. JOHNSON.

MATTRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAUS, 1906.

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' Attorneys is va cross-sectiona UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

No.-8a1,441.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application ied May 16,1906. A Serial 110.317,181.

.[ aIZL wh'om it may concern:

Be it known that I, TnEoDoRE H. JOHN- SOfN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Mattress, of which the following is a outer portions of the latter spread and come specification.

This invention Irelates to mattresses, and has for its object to provide an improved sectional mattress wherein the sectionsare capable o'f being conveniently spread or se a- Avrated to air and dry the same and to ena le the removall of dust therefrom, thereby 'to Y produce a sanitary mattress.

- A. further object of the invention is to enable the convenient individual working of the mattress-sections to render them comparatively soft after becoming hardened by use and to normally maintain the sections in compact relation, so vas to present a continupus uninterrupted top for the mattress.

lNith these and other ,objects in view the present invention consists 1'ny the combina tion and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particula'rly pointed out in the appendedclaims, .it being understood that changes in the form, pro ortion, size, and minor details may be ma e within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. vis a perspective view of a mattress embodying the features of the present invention, the case being broken away to disclose the fillers. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mattress when set up in condition for use. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showin. the mattress open to se arate the fillers. `ig. 4 view of Athe mattress'. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken through one end of the mattress.

Like characters of reference designate corn responding parts in each and every figure of `j g the drawings.

The present mattress is made up of a plurality of tubular core-sections or fillers 1, ar-

- ranged in a series and varying in size and number, according to the size of the mattress.

` Each filler is preferably filled. with feathers 2,

and the bottom of the filler is secured'to the bottom cover or case portion 3 of the mattress in any suitable manner, preferably by one or more rows of stitches 4. (Best shown in Figs..4 and 5 of the drawings.) Between each pair of fillers 1 there is a tubular filler-support 5, connected to the bottom case portion 4 3 b one or more rows of stitches 6 and filled wit. hair 7, The filler-supports 5 being filled with hair are of course more compact and harder than the filler-sections 1, whereby the the filler-sections, so as to form a fia `9, upon the outer side of which is a series o buttons 10, with which the buttonholes 11 of the free edge or flap portion 12 of the top section 8 are designed to engage, so as to secure the case snugly about the filler-sections.

At each end of the series of filler-sections there is a terminal filler-support 13, which is substantially `triangular in cross-,section and is-provided upon its outer face with a series of buttons 14'for engagement by buttonholcs .15 in the end flapA 16 of the cover portion 8, whereby the case is detachably secured about the filler-sections and may be readily disconnected and opened to expose the filler-sections in the manner shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, whereby accumulations of dust may be readily removed from between the filler-sections and the filler-supports, and. the filler-sections may be worked into a comparatively loose and ,soft condition to restore the mattress to a comfortable condition after ythe filler-sections have been compressed and. hardened by use. Moreover, when the case is open and the mattress bent back upon itself so as to separate-'the iiller-sections sunlight and air may be ad mitted into the spaces between the ller-sections so as to dry out the same and thereby render the mattress sanitary. By reason of the fact that the filler-sections are permanentl connected to the case the mattress may e handled as an entirety when Working the iiller-sections to loosen up the feathers therein in a very convenient andthoroughly satisfactory manner without requiring the careful replacing of theI fillerfsections. In

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some cases the filler-,sections or tubes will be made substantially rectangular in cross-section and stitched or otherwise permanently secured' to the base or bottom section, and, 1f desired, the tubes at the top of the mattress may beA stitched together on both sides thereof.

Having fullydescribed the invention, what is claimed is 1. A mattress having a series of relatively soft filler-sections, and relatively hard llersupports interposed between the bottom portions of the successive filler-sections.

` 2. A mattress comprising a case, a series of relatively soft filler-sections contained within the case and secured to the bottom thereof, and relatively hard filler-su ports successively interposed between tih portions of the iillers and secured to the bottom case. A

3.' A mattress comprising a case capable of being opened to expose the interior thereof, and a series of separate filler-sections connected to one side of the case and capable of being spread or separated when the case is o en to give access to the spaces between the fi ler-sections.

4. A mattress comprising a case made up of a bottom and a detachable top section, and a series of separate iiller-sections individually secured to the bottom of the case and independent of the top thereof, the sections capable of being separated by bending the bottom of the case when the top is removed to give access to the spaces between the lillersections.

5. A mattress comprising a case made up of a bottom section and a removable top section, a series of individual fillers secured to the bottom of the case and independent of the top thereof, and iller-supports isecnredto the bottom of the case between the' succes-,

e bottom sive fillers, the fillers and ller-supports capable of being separated by bending the bot tom of the case when the top thereof is removed.

6. A mattress comprising a case made up of top and bottom sections hav-ing detach-' ably-connected fia s, and individual' fillers connected to one o the case-sections and independent of the other.

7. A'mattress comprising a case made-u l of top and bottom sections provided wit flaps which are detachably connected by buttons and buttonholes, and a series of indi* vidual fillers connected to one ofthe casesections and independent of theother casesection.

8. A mattress com rising a case, a series of individual tubular llers within the case comparatively soft filling material within the tubular fillers, tubular ller-su ports interosed between the bottoms of tlie successive lgillers, and comparatively hard filling material inthe 'filler-supports.

9. A mattress comprlslng av case made up of detachably-connected to and bottom sections, a series' ofl tubular llers individually connected to the bottom of the case, com paratively soft filling material within the iillers, tubular filler-supports connected to the base and successively interposed between th'e fillers which spread yacross the iiller-supports, and comparatively hard fillin material in the filler-supports.

n testimony that I claim. the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. v

i THEODORE H. JOHNSON. Witnesses: A. A. LiNnsTnoi/r,

W. C. CULLUM.

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